Pencil-holding pocket.



J. SCHWARTZ. PENCIL HOLDING POCKET.

APPLIGATION FILED 111111.20, 1911.

1 ,000,042. Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

l .LUMlIA PLANQCRAPH C0., WASHINGTON D. E.

JULIUS SCHWARTZ, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PENCIL-HOLDING POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1911.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

serial No. 615,684.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS SCHWARTZ, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Pencil-Holding Pockets, of which the following is aspecificat-ion.

My invention relates to pencil holding pockets, and the object of theinvention is to provide means for holding pencils in the pocket of agarment without interfering with the ordinary free use of the pocket.

In addition to this principal object it is my purpose, first, to providea construction such that the pencil holding portions will be effectivein preventing the pencils from dropping out; second, to provide such aconstruction that the pencil holding portions will be durable,invisible, of small cost for labor and material, and nonobstructive tothe entrance of the pencils; third, to provide a construction such thatthe entire work may be done by a tailor in the ordinary course of hisemployment, eliminating leather, metal, or other parts upon which atailor is not usually accustomed to operate, and, fourth, to provide aconstruction such that the pencil holding portions will become a part ofthe garment itself and placed in position during the original making ofthe garment.

I accomplish my objects in the manner illustrated in the `accompanyingdrawings, in whioh- Figure 1 is a general view showing the locationwhich the pencil holding parts will occupy with respect to the rest ofthe garment. Fig. 2 is similar to Fig. 1 but shows the parts drawn to anincreased scale. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a pocket provided withpencil holding portions embodying my invention, the View being taken onthe line 3-3, Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the pencilholding parts in their preferred form, the different views showingdiiferent ways of making the holes through which the pencils pass.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

For convenience the invention will be described as applied to awaistcoat although it will be understood that the pencil holdingportions may be applied to practically any pocket of any garment where apencil may be carried.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the fabric of the front ofthegarment above the pocket opening and the fabric in front of thegarment below the pocket opening. As ordinarily tailored, the portion bwill be finished at the top with a welt c. The front Z and back e of thepocket are formed in the ordinary manner, being stitched together at thebottom and the front being stitched at the top at or near the top of thewelt.

The pencil holding parts in this, the preferred form of the invention,are formed of a single piece of fabric having siX folded parts f1 f2 f3f4 f5 f6. There are three lines of folds, the line f7 coming between thefolds f1 and f2, the line f8 coming between the folds f3 and f4, and theline fg coming between the folds ft and f5.

Holes for the pencils are formed in both layers at the line of fold f9,and these holes may assume the form shown at g, g in Fig. 4;, in which abuttonhole stitch or any other suitable stitch is used to form a durableand more or less sti edge for the inclosed aperture. 'Ihe holes may alsobe formed in the manner shown at 7L, Fig. 5, in which there is a longslit formed in the fabric along the line of fold f5, the proximate edgesbeing caught together at suitable intervals by stitches f or othersuit-able fastening means. By preference the stitches penetrate bothlayers of the fabric so that the pencil holding portions will form aunitary structure at the points where they engage the pencil. In thedrawings the holes are shown to eX- tend lengthwise of the fold fg butthey may extend in any direction, as desired.

The length of the pencil holding fabric is preferably coeXtensive withthe pocket opening, and the fabric is preferably secured in place in thegarment by rows of stitching z', as best illustrated in Fig. 2. Thepreferred manner of assembling the parts is probably best shown in Fig.3, where it will be seen that the folds f1, f come between the loweredge of the garment fabric t and the upper downfolded edge of the back eof the' pocket. The parts are then stitched together along the line offold f7. The pencil holding portions thus become a part of the garmentand remain permanently in place.

The portions f2, f3, f* and f5 are held in approximately verticalposition by the rows of stitching t'.

In operation, the four folds f2, f3, f4, f5 lie substantially in contactwith each other adjacent to the back e of the pocket. When a pencil isto be introduced it is inserted into one of the holes g or 7b and afterit has been pushed home will be held there with a degree of frictionunexpected by one who has not made an actual test. The friction isprobably caused by the stiness due to the double thickness of materialrigidified by the stitching and held in closed position by the verticalstitching z'. Whatever the cause it is true that a pocket constructed inthe manner described and shown is very efficient and reliable inpreventing` pencils from dropping out. Furthermore, it will be notedthat the holding portions are invisible, and even if the mouth of thegarment pocket be open and the view directed from above nothingespecially unusual will appear, for the fabric of the holding portionsmay be made to match the fabric of the pocket itself. It will also benoted that the pencil holding` portions do not in any way interfere withthe ordinary use of the main pocket, nor do they cause any perceptiblebulging of the pocket. Another advantage of my construction is that thepencil point may be slipped downward along the fabric a which willpractically guide the pencil point into the holding por tions, therebeing in practice nothing to catch the pencil point. This is notapparent from Fig. 3 of the drawings but it will be understood that thefabric in the drawings appears unduly thick as one of the contingenciesof pictorial illustration.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is i l. The combination with a garment and agarment pocket of a pencil holding pocket formed of fabric, one line offold of said fabric forming the upper outer edge of the pencil holdingpocket whereby a smooth edge is presented to the descending pencil, andother lines of fold being located at the bottom of the pencil holdingpocket and at ,the upper edge of the back of the pencil holding pocket,there being pencil holding apertures formed at the bottom of said pencilholding pocket, substantially as described.

2. rIhe combination with a garment and a garment pocket of a pencilholding pocket formed of a double thickness of fabric, one line of foldof said fabric forming the upper outer edge of the pencil holding pocketwhereby a smooth edge is presented to the descending pencil, and otherlines of fold being located at the bottom of the pencil holding pocketand at the upper edge of the back of the pencil holding pocket, therebeing pencil holding apertures formed at the bottom of said pencilholding pocket, and the raw edges of said fabric lying between thefabric of the garment and the fabric of the back of the garment pocket,and stitching for holding the parts in this position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two witnesses.

JULIUS SCHWARTZ.

Witnesses HOWARD M. COX, MARGARET D. ROBB.

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